Dora Judd Mattoon Ward Papers 1883-1979 1911-1932

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Dora Judd Mattoon Ward Papers 1883-1979 1911-1932

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Papers documenting the personal and professional lives of Dora Ward and her husband, Earl Ward (AC 1906). The bulk of the collection comprises correspondence with family members describing the Wards' work as missionaries in Turkey and India, 1911-1932. The correspondence is supplemented with photographs, work records, diaries, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings.

1 records box, 1 archives box, 1 oversize file; (1.5 linear ft.)

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321615

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Ward family.

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Ward, William Earl Dodge, 1884-1977

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Ward, Dora Judd

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Dora Judd Mattoon was born September 13, 1883, in Watertown, Connecticut, to Alfred Huntington Mattoon and Anna Belinda Judd Mattoon. After finishing high school and briefly teaching, she became a successful businesswoman in New York City for several years before she decided, in the early spring of 1911, to pursue missionary work. She made her arrangements quickly and left for Harpoot, Turkey, in October of the same year. By 1912 she was engaged to the treasurer and business agent i...